KOLHAPUR KOLHAPUR - Directorate of Film Festivals

OPENING FILMS
VINOO CHOLIPARAMBIL
He has been working as a Film Editor
for five years in Mumbai film industry.
He has also edited TV campaigns
for several Hindi feature films
and worked with filmmakers like Ram
Gopal Varma on films like Phoonk 2.
FAIZA AHMED KHAN
After assisting on Anwar in 2007,
Faiza chose to document the industry
in Malegaon. This is her first
feature-length docu.
JOY BIMAL ROY
Joy Bimal Roy assisted filmmaker
Shyam Benegal on various films.
His first film, On the Threshold,
was on mentally challenged children.
OKEN AMAKCHAM
He graduated in arts from Manipur
and obtained Sangeet Visharad
from Lucknow. He started as a theatre
worker in 1978, and has since,
acted in more than 25 films. He has
also directed 17 feature films.
umesh kulkarni
He studied direction at FTII, Pune
and then attended the La Femis
summer course in 2000. His first two
films, Valu and Vihir, were critical
successes. He is a writer-director.
RITUPARNO GHOSH
He started with advertising before
moving on to films with Hirer Angti in
1992. He has several National Film
Award wins beginning with Unishe
April in 1995.
JOSEPH PULINTHANATH
A gold medalist in English Literature,
he did brief courses in Film from FTII,
Pune and is currently based in Agartala.
His debut film was the awardwinning
Mathia.
S.K. ABDUL RAZZAK
An audiography alumni from Film and
Television Institute of India, Pune, he
has done location sound and sound
designing in several films and documentaries.
SOONI TARAPOREWALA
She studied cinema at Harvard and
New York University. She wrote
screenplays for Mira Nair films, Salaam
Bombay, Mississippi Masala
etc. Little Zizou is her debut directorial
venture.
BIJU VISHWANATH
He is an award winning international
film maker. His films have been
screened at several international film
festivals. The critically acclaimed feature
film ‘déjà vu’, made in English,
was his first international production.
BANI PRAKASH DAS
He has been associated with the film
industry for nearly 15 years now. He
worked as production controller of
the first-ever Assamese blockbuster I
Killed Him, Sir.
JAYARAJ
He is noted for his versatility and
inventiveness on the set.
In 1999 he started a new concept in
world cinema by laying foundation for
9-film series project Navarasa.
AKANKSHA JOSHI
She is an independent documentary
filmmaker and photographer. She has
made films on topics as diverse as
the 1947 refugees, 1984 riots and the
river Ganga. Chilika Bank has won
accolades in other festivals.
AMBARIEN ALQADAR
She is a Mass Communication graduate
from Jamia University, Delhi. Her
first independent documentary titled
Elsewhere, won an award. She is
presently a Fullbright Nehru Leadership
Development Fellow at Temple
University, USA.
PARESH MOKASHI
He is a Marathi theatre veteran who
was also involved with Gripps Theatre
in Germany. Harishchandrachi
Factory is his directorial debut and
also India’s official entry to the 2010
Academy Awards.
MANOJ PUNJ
In a tragically short life of 36, Manoj
Punj made four films, all of which won
National Awards. He brought Punjabi
cinema out of anonymity, and into
glory.
PANKAJ GUPTA
He is a documentary filmmaker and
sustainability researcher in India. He
has produced and directed several
factual series for television. He is
presently a researcher and academician
in Bangalore.
AIJAZ KHAN
He has directed and produced ads
over the last ten years. He also writes
scripts for his films. The White Elephant
is his debut as a director.
PRIYADARSHAN
He has directed a number of commercial
successes in the South, before
moving on to Bollywood. His films, like
Viraasat, Kala Pani, and Thenmavin
Kombathu were critically acclaimed.
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